Minnesota State Highway 54
Trunk Highway 54 | ||||
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 MN 54 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MnDOT | ||||
| Length | 10.851 mi[2] (17.463 km) | |||
| Existed | 1920[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  MN 27 in Roseville Township | |||
| North end |   U.S. 59 / MN 55 in Elbow Lake | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Minnesota | |||
| Counties | Grant | |||
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Minnesota State Highway 54 (MN 54) is a 10.851-mile-long (17.463 km) highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 27 in Roseville Township of Grant County and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 59 / State Highway 55 (co-signed) in Elbow Lake. The route has a speed limit of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) for its entire length.
Highway 54 passes through Roseville Township, Lien Township, Sanford Township, and Elbow Lake.
Route description
State Highway 54 serves as a north–south route between the city of Elbow Lake and State Highway 27.
Highway 54, together with Highway 27, serve as an arterial route between Herman and the county seat at Elbow Lake.
The route is legally defined as Constitutional Route 54 in the Minnesota Statutes.[3]
Highway 54 is currently slated for a turnback to Grant County by 2023 due to low traffic and because it is a major collector, which functions more as a county state-aid highway or county road. In exchange, Minnesota State Highway 78 will extend south to Erdahl via CSAH 10.[4][5][6]
The turnback of Highway 54 to Grant County occurred on June 1st.[7]
History
Highway 54
Trunk Highway 54 | |
|---|---|
| Location | Elbow Lake to Herman |
| Length | 19 mi (31 km) |
| Existed | 1920–1934 |
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State Highway 54 was authorized in 1920 from Elbow Lake to Herman.[3] In 1934, the east-west portion of this route near Herman became part of State Highway 27.[1]
The route was still gravel in 1949. It was fully paved by 1953.[1]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Grant County.
| Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roseville Township | 0.000 | 0.000 |  MN 27 – Herman, Hoffman  CR 35 south (210th Avenue) | Southern terminus; road continues south as CR 35/210th Avenue | |
| Lien Township | 2.021 | 3.252 |  CR 35 east,   CR 34 west (170th Street) | ||
| 4.034 | 6.492 |  CR 36 east (190th Street) | |||
| 5.040 | 8.111 |  CSAH 8 west (200th Street) | Southern end of CSAH 8 concurrency | ||
| 6.047 | 9.732 | CSAH 8 east (210th Street) | Northern end of CSAH 8 concurrency | ||
| Lien–Sanford township line | 7.111 | 11.444 |  CSAH 12 west (220th Street) | ||
| Sanford Township | 8.184 | 13.171 |  CR 46 west (230th Street) | ||
| 10.224 | 16.454 |    CSAH 25 west (250th Street) to CSAH 1 | |||
| Elbow Lake | 10.851 | 17.463 |   US 59 / MN 55 | Northern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ a b c Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 51–75". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved October 22, 2010.[self-published source]
- ^ a b Minnesota Department of Transportation (August 14, 2014). "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ a b Minnesota State Legislature (2010). "§ 161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ https://www.dot.state.mn.us/govrel/reports/2018/2018-turnback-program-report.pdf.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.dot.state.mn.us/stateaid/programlibrary/jrp-final-report.pdf.
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